265 Gal Mixed Reef

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My husband and I bought this tank about a year ago. We've turned it into a 265 gal mixed reef. It still needs some work (enclosing tank stand & lights) and we're having a great time with it! Here are some pics, and the current setup we're running.

It's a 265 gal tank (7 feet long, 30 inches wide, and 22 inches tall.)
60 gal sump
Pump is a ReeFlo Hammerhead Gold 1 1/2 inch FPT 5800 gph.
Protein skimmer is asm g3 (works amazing!).
We have around 220 lbs of sand
300 lbs of live rock
Two VorTech MP60's (One of each side.)
3 Luman Bright Reflectors running 250w 14k Pheonix bulbs.
2 Ecoray LED's

Here are the photo's of us setting everything up.

 

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More pic's of our progress.

 

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What it looks like today.

 

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Continued...

 

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Here is some video as well. We just added two tang's (Blonde Naso & Sailfin) in with our yellow. All are around 5 inches in length.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdEKV_Xu86g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00PO_xl_djg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpVTxZmdBuk

 

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Here are the recently added tangs.

 

[djze]

really nice work so far i also love the dimensions of the tank keep up the good work

 

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really nice work so far i also love the dimensions of the tank keep up the good work

Thanks!

 

[gravattj]

looks great!

 

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looks great!

Thanks! We're having a really good time building it.

 

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Added our Fox Face and Square Anthias this evening. The Anthias are currently in hiding. I'll post better pics once our 14k's come on tomorrow.

 

[pawek]

nice looking setup.

 

[d3hree]

looks like you have some lovely coral and fish stock, will look awesome when your corals fill out...great work!

 

[rpresto@hotmail]

nice tank

 

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Thanks everyone. I'm very much looking forward to watching the grow out. I'll be posting some pics in a bit of the Fox Face and Anthias. All three seem to be adjusting well.

 

[javsku]

Awesome, looking forward to seeing the progress

 

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Here are the Fox Face and Anthias. Need to clean the glass today.lol

 

[dolphinman213]

if you dont mind me asking----what is the purpose of the egg crate you have in your tank?

 

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if you dont mind me asking----what is the purpose of the egg crate you have in your tank?

It was holding a few frag plugs while we were waiting for our frag rack to come in the mail. That has actually been gone for awhile.